Matariki

Matariki

Watch the clip Matariki then answer the following questions.

1. When do the stars of Matariki disappear and reappear again? they disappear from the night sky in Aotearoa in late April the stars reappear when it is winter.
2. What does it mean when the stars reappear? it means when they come back.
3. Who are the seven sisters? they are stars.
4. What are their names? Waita, wait waipuna-a-rangi,uru-a-rangi Matariki Tupu-a-rangi Tupu-a-nuku 
5.  What do the old stories tell us? When the stars shine brightly the year will be warm and it will be good for growing crops
6. How can we celebrate Matariki? There share stories, how to look after the land, how people used the stars in the past to get fish, to make things to, learn to weave and carve,